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fenland

fen·land

uncommon

noun

1.

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

  • “thousands of acres of marshland”
  • “the fens of eastern England”
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Origin

From Middle English fenlond, from Old English fenland, equivalent to fen + land. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foanlound (“moorland”), West Frisian feanlân (“peat bog”), Dutch veenland (“peat bog”), Middle Low German vēnlant, vennelant (“swampy, boggy pastureland”).

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